Suburbs that don't Suck - Streetcar Suburbs (Riverdale, Toronto)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN cites it in zoning, density and housing threads as an illustration of the missing middle between city center and car-dependent sprawl.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Not Just Bikes

Topic

streetcar suburbs and urban planning

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• There is something in between NYC and an American-style suburb. I encourage you to take a look at Not Just Bikes [1,2]: [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

• Not Just Bikes has a recent video[0] talking about the lack of middle ground for suburbs in North America. I think a big problem is that laws as they are prevent variety. Either everything must be single family homes with huge setbacks and wide roads, …

• > Relative to single family homes, apartments are viewed as decreasing property values, increasing crime rates, lowering school quality, increasing traffic, and decreasing desirability. The problem is most cities only allow two kinds of development: Low density or high density. We're missing the middle! [LINK] …